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JANINA FISHERAND TERRY REAL

HEALING TRAUMA INCOUPLES THERAPY

SPRING SERIES 2020

PLUS:

TRAUMA, ATTACHMENT AND SHAME

CLINICAL SUPERVISION SKILLS

COMPASSION-FOCUSEDTHERAPY

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

PROGRESS MONITORING

ABORIGINAL APPROACHES TO HEALING

IT’S THE LAW – WHAT YOU NEEDTO KNOW

BRAINSPOTTING PHASE 2

FRANK ANDERSON

INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS

SUE JOHNSON

EFT FOR

INDIVIDUALS

ROY KIESSLING

EMDR INHALIFAX,

TORONTO AND

VANCOUVER

COMPASSION-FOCUSED THERAPY IN PRACTICE

Russell Kolts, PhD, is an internationally recognized trainer inCFT and Director of the Inland Northwest Compassionate MindCenter in Spokane, Washington. He has published numerousarticles and written several books about CFT, including TheCompassionate-Mind Guide to Managing Your Anger, An Open-Hearted Life: Transformative Lessons for Compassionate Living from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist Nun (with Thubten Chodron), CFT Made Simple and Experiencing Compassion-Focused Therapy from the Inside Out.

LED BY RUSSELL KOLTS, PHD

Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) is a form ofpsychotherapy that draws upon evolution science, affectiveneuroscience, attachment theory and therapy, andbehavioural psychology. Utilizing mindfulness, thepurposeful cultivation of compassion and a host of treatmentstrategies such as imagery, chair-work, breath-body workand behavioural and thought experiments, CFT can helpclients who struggle with issues of shame and self-criticism. Because its theoretical basis draws from multiple bodies ofscience, CFT can sometimes be challenging to grasp,initially. In this two-day training, participants will learn a wayto organize CFT into a set of layered processes andpractices that will allow them to systematically understand,train and begin to implement CFT. In doing so, participantswill learn how CFT therapists utilize the therapeuticrelationship to set the stage for client self-compassion andemploy Socratic dialogue and guided discovery to helpclients shift from shame to being able to relatecompassionately and effectively to difficult experiences. Additionally, participants will learn about a number of coreCFT techniques and will practise how to implement some ofthem through in-class exercises and group work.

About the layered processes and practices targeted in CFT,and how they work together to set a context for thecultivation of self-compassionAbout the roles of the therapist in CFTAbout the role of compassionate realizations in helpingclients work with shame and self-attackingAbout the three-circles model of emotion

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BRAINSPOTTING PHASE 2 CERTIFICATION TRAINING:

LED BY JANE EVANS, MD, FRCPC, AND

MARJORIE ROBB, MD, FRCPC

This three-day Phase 2 training begins with an extensivereview to help you consolidate your Phase 1 training and toanswer questions that may have arisen when you haveused Brainspotting with your clients. There will be a focuson how to clinically interact with clients duringBrainspotting. Following the review, you will then learn more refinementsof the Brainspotting process, including how and when totitrate activation up or down, as well as several importantnew concepts that will help you respond more effectively toclients who are highly activated, showing signs ofdissociation and/or shut down. You will learn severaltechniques to help your clients better regulate theiractivation levels. Additional technical refinements such asOne-Eye Brainspotting, Rolling Brainspotting andAdvanced Resourcing will further broaden your repertoireof skills and tools so that you are better able to work withhighly distressed clients, those in crisis and individuals withcomplex PTSD and/or attachment disorders. The training will be a combination of didactic teaching,demonstrations and experiential exercises to help youacquire new procedures.

How to deal with common obstacles to optimaltherapist emotional attunementAbout a body resource approach for highly activated ortraumatized individuals Strategies to clinically interact with clients duringBrainspottingAdditional refinements, including One-EyeBrainspotting and Rolling Brainspotting

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Jane Evans, MD, FRCPC, andMarjorie Robb, MD, FRCP, are two ofthree trainers in Canada in themodality of Brainspotting Therapy. Dr.Evans works as an adult psychiatrist inOttawa and teaches and supervisesresidents in psychiatry with theUniversity of Ottawa. Dr. Robb is apsychotherapist and a child andadolescent psychiatrist and is aUOttawa assistant professor.

For complete details and to register, visit leadingedgeseminars.org or call 416-964-11332

DEEPENING SKILLS AND EXPANDING THE TOOLKIT

Thursday, May 14 – Friday, May 15, 2020Knox Church (630 Spadina Avenue)

9:00 am to 4:40 pm$515 (up to April 9, 2020) $545 (after April 9, 2020)

Thursday, April 30 – Saturday, May 2, 2020Toronto Central YMCA (20 Grosvenor Street)


CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS)

Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry atHarvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He specializes in thetreatment of trauma and dissociation. Dr. Anderson is the vice-chair and research director of theFoundation for Self Leadership and is a lead trainer at the Center for Self Leadership. He haslectured extensively on the neurobiology of PTSD and dissociation and recently co-authoredThe Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual. He maintains a private practice in Concord,MA, and serves as an advisor to the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP).

LED BY FRANK ANDERSON, MD

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is one of the most popular and effective evidence-basedtreatment techniques in use today. Hailed by trauma-expert Bessel van der Kolk as thetreatment method that “all clinicians should know”, IFS is one of the fastest-growingapproaches amongst experienced therapists. Most modes of psychotherapy pathologize activated states or “parts” such as rage,panic, shame and suicidal desperation. IFS does not. In IFS, every part has a positiveintention, every part has value and every person has innate healing capacity called Selfenergy. Thousands of clinicians already trust IFS as their go-to treatment tool to effectively healemotional wounds so they can make greater therapeutic progress with clients strugglingwith anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction and other mental health conditions. This 2-day workshop is your opportunity to learn the IFS method step-by-step. During day 1, IFS expert, author, clinician and psychiatrist Frank Anderson will teachyou the IFS steps that he has learned to hone his clinical work – and that have producedsuch transformation in his clients. He will clearly present all the tools and techniques inan easy-to-learn fashion. Day 2 will focus on exploring several different applications of the IFS model of therapy,including trauma and attachment, depression, anxiety, psychosis, addictions, eatingdisorders and shame, to name a few. You will learn how to apply IFS when working withgroups, children, parents, couples and LGBTQ clients. This is an experiential workshopthat includes didactic lecture, video examples, practice, live demonstrations andmeditations. Frank Anderson is one of the most respected and internationally known Internal FamilySystems lead trainers available. You will leave this seminar confident in starting toincorporate IFS into your clinical practice.

How to work with a client’s “protective parts” to improve treatment outcomes as proposed by the IFS model To differentiate between empathy and compassion as it relates to the IFS approach and improving the therapeuticprocessHow to address the “protector” fears as they arise for the client during the therapy sessionAbout IFS methods to help trauma clients manage their overwhelming feelingsHow to explain to clients the neuroscience of hyperarousal in their “extreme parts” How the role of criticism and neglect from care-givers causes shame cycles in your clients and how parts-workbreaks these cycles

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A gifted speaker and anational expert ontrauma, Frank Andersonintroduces a gentle,effective, mindfulness-based model fortreating a wide range ofclients.

— Janina Fisher, PhD, authorof Healing the Fragmented

Selves of Trauma Survivors Frank Anderson is abrilliant and delightfulpresenter who has aunique ability tointegrate theneuroscience andtreatment of traumawith IFS.

— Richard Schwartz, PhD,Developer of Internal Family

Systems Therapy

3For detailed daily agendas, learning points, videos, and more, visit leadingedgeseminars.org

Thursday, April 23 – Friday, April 24, 2020Chestnut Conference Centre (89 Chestnut St., Toronto)

9:00 am to 4:40pm$515 (up to April 9, 2020) $545 (after April 9, 2020)

CLINICAL SUPERVISION 2 IN-PERSON DAYS + 18 HOURS ONLINE

Lois Ehrmann, PhD, LPC, NCC/ACS, is the founder and executive director of the Individualand Family Choices Program in State College, Pennsylvania, a cutting edge outpatient traumatreatment program ministering to individuals of all ages and families of all sizes and variations.Lois has over 33 years of professional counselling experience and over 19 years of clinicalsupervision experience. Since 2004, she has been an affiliated assistant professor at PennState University in the Department of Counselor Education and Supervision. In the most recentyears of teaching she has focused on skill development in master's level counsellors andclinical supervision skills for doctoral-level professional helpers. Lois is a sought-after clinicalsupervisor and thoroughly enjoys teaching and mentoring new clinicians.

LED BY LOIS EHRMANN, PHD, LPC, NCC/ACS

Being a great therapist is not the same thing as beinga skilled and competent supervisor. Rather, clinicalsupervision is an undertaking that requires a new setof behaviours and skills. Supervisors are not born.They are trained. Over two days, Lois Ehrmann will provide you with an informed approach to risk and liability,as well as nuanced explorations of supervisor-supervisee dynamics. You will learn about how to give feedback, the pros and cons of differentobservation methods, how to better relate tosupervisees whose background differs from yours,how to maintain proper boundaries, how to avoidbeing put on a pedestal and more.

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Thursday, May 7 – Friday, May 8, 2020Knox Church (630 Spadina Avenue)


EFFECTIVE CLINICAL SUPERVISION: BUILDING AND MAINTAINING THE

SUPERVISORY ALLIANCE

How do you move from being a good, competentsupervisor to one who is great? This 18-hour webinarwill hone your capacity to provide attuned and present

Six 3-hour webinars broadcast on May 29, June 12, June 19, June 26,

July 10 and July 24, 2020.$395 (up to April 9, 2020) $445 (after April 9, 2020)

DEEPENING YOUR CLINICAL SUPERVISION SKILLS:

18-HOUR WEBINAR

How to construct an informed consent contract forsupervisionHow to introduce up front information and processesto support and strengthen a supervisory alliance sothat struggles are averted before they ever beginHow to manage and communicate difficult or negativefeedback to a superviseeHow to effectively work with impaired or unethicalsuperviseesWays to safeguard your license, as clinicalsupervision has its own ethical dilemmas and pitfalls

You will learn— Module 1. Compassion Fatigue in ClinicalSupervisionModule 2. Interventions for Compassion Fatigue for Your SuperviseeModule 3. Cultural Considerations in theSupervisory ContextModule 4. Helping Your Supervisees BridgeCultural Differences with Their ClientsModule 5. Strategies for Overseeing RookieSuperviseesModule 6. Ethical Concerns for Clinical Supervisors

Curriculum:

LOOKING TO COMPLETE YOUR 30-HOUR CRPO SUPERVISION REQUIREMENT? The 2-day, 12-hour training along with Lois’s 18-hour post-training webinar are designed to fulfill the 30 hours of directedlearning in clinical supervision required by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario for supervisors. Registrants are welcome to sign up for both the 2-day workshop and 18-hour webinar together or either training alone.


REGISTER FOR BOTH

AND SAVE $100

guidance as a clinical supervisor in a way that facilitates self-learning and personal growth for both

you and your supervisee. This webinar consists of six modules that will be delivered live and recorded via Zoom videoconferencing. Each module will focus on one topic

and will include case presentations, small-groupdiscussion and the practice of tools that you can uselater with your own supervisees.

Janina Fisher and Terry Real have had far-reaching impact on the field ofpsychotherapy for over 60 years combined. Janina Fisher’s specialization in somatic approaches to treating trauma, attachmentand shame is recognized as an important evolution of the work of her mentors andcolleagues: Judith Herman, Bessel van der Kolk and Pat Ogden. Her neurobiologicalapproaches to the legacy of trauma have helped therapists worldwide bring appliedneuroscience into their everyday clinical practice. Terry Real has transformed the understanding of what it means to be a male in ourculture and also revolutionized therapeutic work with men beginning in 1997 with thepublication of I Don’t Want to Talk About It. He has gone on to develop Relational LifeTherapy, a dynamic couples therapy approach that is now used by thousands oftherapists worldwide, and he runs the Relational Life Therapy Institute, which trainsprofessionals to use his approach. Together, for the first time, Janina Fisher and Terry Real will present their sharedinsights and approaches to working with couples whose difficult histories presentadditional challenges to both the relationship and the therapeutic process. Childhood trauma leaves survivors with a fundamental mistrust in the safety ofrelationships. As adults, survivors develop defenses against vulnerability, commitmentand emotion —often shutting down or getting stuck in mutually escalating conflicts withtheir partner. This workshop will demonstrate two different styles of intervention withthese clients. One will emphasize challenging the couple’s ability to be emotionallyauthentic; the other will focus on the importance of somatic communication in helpingcouples connect. These two days will feature a unique collaboration between two leading therapistsknown for their original thinking, effective innovations in psychotherapy and highlyengaging and dynamic presentation styles. Therapists will gain important new knowledge about the dynamics that make coupleswith trauma history the most difficult to help, as well as new tools that will greatlyenhance their couples therapy repertoire.

HEALING TRAUMA IN COUPLES THERAPY

Janina Fisher, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and an instructor at the Trauma Center, anoutpatient clinic and research centre founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Her publications include Healingthe Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation. Dr. Fisher lecturesand teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of research and treatmentand how to introduce these newer trauma treatment paradigms in traditional therapeutic approaches.

LED BY JANINA FISHER, PHD, AND TERRY REAL, LICSW

Help partners identify therole of trauma in theirtroubled relationshipsChallenge couples to movebeyond their stories andautomatic responsesChange the conversation tohelp the couple repair withnew patterns of responseUse nonverbalcommunication to reduceconflict and connect safelyUse somatic awareness andmovement to bring aboutpeaceEvoke a couple’s inherentcapacity for authenticemotional connection andexpression

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Thursday, May 28 – Friday, May 29, 2020Isabel Bader Theatre

93 Charles St W, Toronto9:00 am to 4:40pm

$515 (up to April 9, 2020) $545 (after April 9, 2020)

Terry Real, PhD, LICSW, is a best-selling author and the founder of the Relational Life Institute. He is a nationally recognized family therapist and author and is particularly known for his groundbreakingwork on men, gender and couples. In 1997, he published the national bestseller I Don't Want to TalkAbout It, the first book ever written on the topic of male depression. He then developed his innovativeRelational Life Therapy approach to couples therapy. He is also author of New Rules of Marriage: ABreakthrough Program for 21st Century Relationships and leads workshops around the world.

FIRST TIME PRESENTING

TOGETHER ON THIS TOPIC!

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGYIN PLAIN ENGLISH

LED BY KENNETH CARTER, PHD, ABPP

Mental health professionals without medical training oftensee clients who are on multiple medications that caninfluence behaviour, response to interventions and the abilityto succeed in therapy. Furthermore, clients frequently do notfully understand why they are taking their medications andmay even be unclear about who prescribed them in the firstplace. Despite the confusion, you still have a responsibility toknow the symptoms and reactions to medications of yourclients, and to coordinate their care. In this workshop, Kenneth Carter will give you a thoroughoverview of psychopharmacology basics so you canadvocate effectively and safely for your clients. You will hearthe latest information about the therapeutic effects, strengthsand possible problems associated with the most commonlyprescribed medications, such as those used for the treatmentof depression, anxiety and insomnia. You will learn howmedications work, as well as become aware of their officialhealth warnings. You will also have a chance to explore theethical decisions that surround the use of psychotrophicmedications. After this dynamic training, you will leave more able tosupport and educate your clients, as well as better able tocommunicate with prescribing medical professionals.

Why (and what) you should know aboutpsychopharmacologyWhat questions you can expect from clients and prescribersand how to answer themAbout the latest information and newest medications fordepression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD and insomniaHow to handle ethical dilemmas regarding medicationdiscussions with clientsHow to build your knowledge about psychopharmacology

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PROGRESS MONITORING:

LED BY RYLIE MOORE, PHD, CPSYCH

In psychotherapy, progress monitoring of mental healthsymptoms, functional symptoms, substance use and thetherapeutic alliance is increasingly being used to improvetherapeutic outcomes. In cases where clients areentrenched in difficult patterns and symptoms, progressmonitoring has been shown to help facilitate self-monitoringand the change process. This workshop will explore ways inwhich progress monitoring can be applied to clients with arange of complex symptoms, patterns and presentingconcerns. This one-day intensive and interactive seminar starts with areview of the literature and research on progressmonitoring, as well as an introduction to the current range oftools available for the measurement of symptoms andoutcomes. We will examine how these tools are mostcommonly used, as well as emerging future practices. In discussing the overt monitoring of the therapeuticalliance, you will learn strategies for monitoring andidentifying relational ruptures in the therapeutic alliance andhow to best repair them. Drawing on clinical research, thisworkshop will also teach you how to apply progressmonitoring to complex cases and to foster the developmentof clinical skills related to asking difficult questions in thetherapy room.

About the range of progress monitoring tools now availableAbout best practices and emerging trends in clinicalapplications of progress monitoringHow to use progress monitoring to facilitate difficultconversations regarding the therapeutic alliance or toincrease engagement

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See website for complete learning goals.

Friday, May 22, 2020Knox Church (630 Spadina Avenue)


Kenneth Carter, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical psychologistand professor of psychology at Oxford College ofEmory University. He has taught clinicalpsychopharmacology classes at Emory Universitysince 2005 and has presented highly ratedpsychopharmacology workshops to cliniciansthroughout the United States since 2010. Dr. Carter has presented at numerousconferences and written several books and articles on introductory psychology, neuropsychology, thrill-seeking andpsychopharmacology.

Rylie Moore, PhD, CPsych, is a registered clinicalneuropsychologist and psychologist working with adults atthe Centre for Interpersonal Relationships (CFIR). Hecompleted his master’s degree and PhD at the University ofVictoria Neuropsychology program. His current work focuseson a combination of neuropsychological assessment,psychodiagnostic assessment, and psychotherapy treatmentof a range of mental health experiences. He has substantial experience working with the LGBT2Q+ population, as well as individuals with trauma histories and trauma-related symptoms.


TOOLS TO ENHANCE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE AND INFORM COMPLEX CASE INTERVENTIONS

Monday, May 25, 2020Knox Church (630 Spadina Avenue)


Presented in partnership with Greenspace

TRAUMA, ATTACHMENT, AFFECT DYSREGULATION AND SHAME: TREATING THE SEEDS AND THE CYCLE OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOURS

Lisa Ferentz, MSW, LCSW-C, DAPA, is a recognized expert in the strengths-based, de-pathologizedtreatment of trauma and has been in private practice for over 35 years. She presents workshops and keynoteaddresses internationally, and is a clinical consultant to practitioners and mental health agencies in the UnitedStates, Canada, the UK and Ireland. She has been an adjunct faculty member at several universities, and is the Founder of The Ferentz Institute. In 2009, she was voted the Social Worker of Year by the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work. Lisa is the author of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Traumatized Clients: A Clinician’s Guide, now in its second edition, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing and Finding Your Ruby Slippers: Transformative Life Lessons From the Therapist’s Couch. Lisa hosted a weekly radio talk show, writes blogs and articles for websites on self-harm and self-care, teaches webinars and is a weekly contributor to Psychologytoday.com.

[Lisa Ferentz’s workbook] is a real treasure trove of tools for healing...

offering a path that honoursthe clients, intelligence andletting go of toxic beliefs

and self-defeating stories. —Dusty Miller, author of

Women Who Hurt Themselves

Clients with insecure or disorganized attachment, histories of trauma, abuse or neglect, oroverwhelming developmental stressors often lack appropriate affect regulation. As a result,they are vulnerable to using self-destructive strategies including acts of self-mutilation,substance abuse and other addictions, and eating-disordered behaviours to cope and self-soothe. Although these behaviours provide limited relief in the short term, they inevitablylead to guilt, shame and more traumatization, and increase the likelihood of chronic self-harm. As we explore the relationship between trauma, affect dysregulation and self-harm, you’lllearn how to implement treatment strategies that incorporate a specific “cycle of self-harm” (an alternative to standard safety contracts), reparative attachment work and a variety of expressive modalities. Clients will gain new, healthier coping strategies that will replace their long-standing addictive and self-harming behaviours. This strengths-based, de-pathologized approach increases internal and external safety, promotesgrounding and containment, reduces flashbacks and helps clients heal their painnarratives. Case examples, videos and clients’ writings and artwork will be presented and you will have the opportunity to safely “try on” expressive modalities including drawing,writing, guided imagery, somatic resourcing and breath work. Lisa Ferentz consistently receives high approval ratings on her workshops with us. Herwarm and engaging presentation style and signature approach to working with trauma andself-harming behaviours make leading-edge neuroscience accessible, practical and aboveall, effective.

How trauma, attachment, developmental stressors, affect dysregulation, shame and self-destructive acts relate to each otherHow to identify a chronic cycle of self-harm and the ways in which dissociation and anxietyinfluence the processHow to use CARESS, an alternative to standard safety contractsAt least five creative strategies that help re-ground and re-establish a sense of safety intriggered trauma survivorsAbout the recurring themes in the artwork of traumatized clients and how to work with art insessionAbout the impact of counter-transference when working with self-destructive behaviours

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Monday, June 8 – Tuesday, June 9, 2020Knox Church (630 Spadina Ave)


LED BY LISA FERENTZ, MSW, LCSW-C, DAPA


BLENDING WESTERN PRACTICES WITHTRADITIONAL ABORIGINALAPPROACHES TO HEALING

What can modern counsellors, therapists and others learn fromAboriginal healing traditions? In this one-day workshop, Order of Ontario recipient Elder LittleBrown Bear will share practices developed thousands of yearsago and still used today to help people on their healing journeysdealing with life’s difficulties and addressing issues of trauma,addictions, mental well-being (health), anxiety, depression,anger, anti-social behaviour and other challenges faced byindividuals, families and communities. You will learn about how these healing practices developed andhow to apply them in clinical and non-clinical settings. The daywill include true-life accounts from community members whohave benefited from this approach, along with Q and A,demonstrations and hands-on practice. The Elder will discuss step-by-step the mindset and processesbehind specific interventions such as teachings on humaninteractions and behaviours towards others, the Medicine Wheel,the Seven Grandfathers and the use of traditional medicines.

How aboriginal healing practises were developed and theirrelevance todayAbout current approaches to trauma, addictions, and healthPractical applications of these aboriginal practices that canbe integrated into your therapeutic and counsellingapproach.The Seven Grandfathers teachingsHow to use the Medicine Wheel to live in harmony andbalance to help on a person’s healing journey

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The legal environment governing mental health,psychotherapy and counselling has become increasinglycomplex, challenging and intimidating. However, contraryto conventional wisdom, Canadian law is supportive oftreatment, counselling and care professionals who haveacted reasonably and in good faith. This workshop willprovide participants with a practical understanding of thekey legal principles governing their professional lives andthe ability to identify and avoid common legal problems. Reference will be made to the leading Canadian cases,current Ontario legislation and emerging issues. Theworkshop will cover the following topics: all aspects ofconsent; negligence and the standards of care;documentation; confidentiality, privilege and disclosure ofclient information; mandatory reporting obligations; and theduty to warn. In the conclusion, some common-sense rules will besuggested for anticipating and avoiding legal problems.Robert Solomon is an experienced and engaging speakerwith a reputation for presentations that are bothentertaining and informative. Participants will beencouraged to ask questions throughout the workshop, and will gain a thorough understanding of how the law isapplied in clinical settings.

ConsentNegligence, liability of supervisors, and the standards ofcareRecord keepingConfidentialityMandatory reporting obligations and the growingnumber of reporting obligations under Ontario provinciallaw and the common-law duty to warn

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Elder Little Brown Bear is both a sought-after speaker andan effective group facilitator in many areas of mental health.He is Manager of Aboriginal Culture and the Aboriginal Healing Program at the Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto, and has received numerous prestigious awards. He has assisted many organizations in creating Indigenous-sensitive programs and policies.

Robert Solomon, LLB, LLM, holds the rank of DistinguishedUniversity Professor in the Faculty of Law at WesternUniversity. He has been involved in research and teaching onhealthcare, civil liability and criminal law for more than 46years. Robert has also presented and written extensively about the increasingly challenging legal environment facing psychotherapists, social workers, nurses and other mental health professionals. He is the lead author of A Legal Guide for Social Workers (3rd ed).

LED BY ELDER LITTLE BROWN BEAR

IT’S THE LAW:

LED BY ROBERT SOLOMON, LLB, LLM

Friday, June 5, 2020Knox Church (630 Spadina Avenue)



WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CONSENT, NEGLIGENCE, CONFIDENTIALITY AND MORE!

Friday June 12, 2020Knox Church (630 Spadina Avenue)


All members of the Leading Edge Seminars community areinvited to join Elder Little Brown Bear and members of his

community in a three-hour “feasting ceremony” on Saturday, June 6th at Toronto Central YMCA. This is free of charge. Please register to RSVP.

Complete details at www.leadingedgeseminars.org

Sue Johnson, EdD, is the lead developer of EFT. She is director of the International Centre for Excellence inEmotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT), Distinguished Research Professor at Alliant University (San Diego)and Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology (Ottawa). Her numerous honours include the Outstanding Contribution to the Field Award from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Her best-known professional books include The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Trauma Survivors. Her most recent book for therapists is Attachment in Practice: EFT with Individuals, Couples and Families. She is also author of the bestsellers Hold Me Tight and Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science in Romantic Relationships. In 2016, Sue was awarded the Order of Canada for her 35-year contribution to the field of psychotherapy. Over 65 centres affiliated with ICEEFT now teach the EFT model around the world.

EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED INDIVIDUAL THERAPY: APPLYING ATTACHMENT THEORY IN CLINICAL SETTINGS

Over the last two decades, Emotionally Focused Therapy has revolutionizedcouples therapy by offering practical protocols for assessment, interventionand treatment based on attachment theory. Now, EFT lead developer SueJohnson introduces the transformative power of working with attachmentpatterns into the counselling of individuals. Based on Sue Johnson’s newest book, Attachment Theory in Practice, thisworkshop explores the idea that your clients need to connect with others andthat this need shapes their neural architecture and consequently theireveryday emotional lives and vulnerabilities, and significant interpersonaldramas. Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) provides an integration ofexperiential and systemic interventions that create corrective emotionalexperiences that expand your clients’ sense of self and interpersonalrepertoire. Sequences such as the “EFT Tango” will help transform models ofself, affect regulation and ways of engaging with the world. In EFIT, clients gradually move into the willingness to be vulnerable,responsive and fully engaged with life—in other words, the characteristics ofsecure attachment. Through a series of emotionally transformative dialogues, EFIT restructuresyour client’s interaction with you (the therapist), with representations ofattachment figures or with aspects of self. It is a science-based approachedfound helpful for clients dealing with disorders such as depression, anxietyand PTSD. This workshop will outline the theory and practice of EFIT. You will learnabout core models of health and dysfunction from an attachment perspective,including how growth and adaptation can be blocked. By focusing on theprimacy of emotion and how to create a safe haven and secure base alliance,you will learn how to stay with present processes in session to shape keychange events. Lecture and discussion will be accompanied by the viewing ofEFIT sessions and experiential exercises.

Grasp the laws of attachment thatstructure the development ofpersonality and their significance forclinical interventionTune into and shape internal cycles ofaffect regulation and habitual ways ofdancing with others that relate topresenting problems and emotionaldisorders.Identify the core components ofemotional disorders such asdepression and anxietyImplement the basics of the EFTTango and other interventionsAdapt EFIT for different presentingsymptoms

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LED BY SUE JOHNSON, EDD


Monday, June 15, 20209:00 am to 4:40 pm

Toronto Central YMCA (20 Grosvenor Street)$300 (up to April 9, 2020) $325 (after April 9, 2020)

EFT can be thought of as a postmodern therapy in that EFT therapists help

clients deconstruct problems and responses by bringing

marginalized aspects of reality into focus, probing for the not-yetspoken, and integrating elements

of a couple’s reality that havegone un-storied.― Sue Johnson

INTEGRATING EMDR INTO YOUR CLINICAL PRACTICE: FIVE-DAY INTENSIVE

Roy Kiessling, LISW, is an EMDRIA-approved trainer and the director of EMDR Consultingand its EMDR Training Course, “Integrating EMDR into Your Clinical Practice”. In 2012, afterhaving been a senior trainer for Francine Shapiro for over a decade, Roy started workingtoward becoming an independent trainer with EMDRIA accreditation, and in 2013, Roy’s ownapproach to EMDR training was approved. Roy’s EMDR training approach incorporates hismany years of experience in teaching EMDR, providing the most effective techniques andadditional information to assist clinicians in seamlessly integrating the EMDR approach intotheir practices. For more information, please visit www.emdrconsulting.com.

LED BY ROY KIESSLING, LISW

Described as an “indispensable modality of treatment” by Besselvan der Kolk, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing(EMDR) offers your clients a way to safely process traumaticexperiences. Roy Kiessling has presented this course 3 times for Leading EdgeSeminars. Each has received the highest evaluations and praise.His EMDR approach is renowned for its flexibility and for providingclinical pearls of wisdom that will allow you to integrate EMDReffectively into your practice immediately. With an emphasis onattunement, attachment and clinical judgement, this EMDRIA-approved five-day intensive will provide the essentials forimplementing EMDR, including an overview on how to customizetreatments for children, recent events, couples, grief, pain, phobias,addictions and dissociation. Drawing a sharp distinction from research-oriented approaches toEMDR training, Roy focuses on the interpersonal aspects of EMDRwork. You will undergo a multimedia learning experience designedto optimize skill acquisition. Through lecture, videos, and practiceopportunities, you will first listen, then observe and then implementnew concepts and skills. This training updates the original procedures developed byFrancine Shapiro in 1995 by expanding treatment planning,preparation and processing interventions. Supplemented with over43 videos, downloadable training materials and free access to acommunity-wide listserv, it also provides support before, during andafter the course, so that you will be confident every step of the wayas you implement EMDR in your clinical practice.

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Halifax: Mon., July 6 – Fri., July 10, 2020

8:00 am – 5:30 pmHampton Inn by Hilton - Halifax

(1960 Brunswick Street)$2500 (up to May 29, 2020) $2600 (after May 29, 2020)

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTSIn order to take part in this training, all participants must have —A. Academic credentials: either a completed master’s degree or higher in an established mental health discipline or proof ofcurrent enrollment in a post-graduate program leading to a master’s degree or higher in an established mental health disciplineB. Membership in a College or professional regulatory body that oversees practice of psychotherapyC. Professional liability insurance

See leadingedgeseminars.org for how to apply for this EMDR training.


Toronto:Mon., Sept. 14 – Fri., Sept. 18, 2020

8:00 am – 5:30 pmToronto Central YMCA (20 Grosvenor Street)

$2500 (up to July 17, 2020) $2600 (after July 17, 2020)

Vancouver: Mon., Sept. 21 – Fri., Sept. 25, 2020

8:00 am – 5:30 pmSandman Hotel Vancouver City Centre

(180 West Georgia Street)$2500 (up to July 17, 2020)$2600 (after July 17, 2020)

10 hours of consultation after the 40-hour trainingwith approved consultants via small-groupphone/online video conferencing, to help youintegrate and fine-tune your understanding andskillsAdvanced instructional materials upon registrationincluding a PDF of the manual and links to videosto help prepare you for the workshop

About the foundational EMDR concepts andprocedures (the Adaptive Information Processingapproach, the 8 phases and 3 prongs of standardEMDR treatment)13 interventions to help prepare your clients forEMDR (through grounding, stabilization andbehavioural change)Strategies to prepare your client for processing7 treatment planning approachesHow to customize the pace of treatment throughdeploying the Processing ContinuumAbout interventions to facilitate safe, effective andefficient processingHow to work with childrenHow to treat acute stress: CIIC (Critical IncidentIntervention Continuum)

TRAINING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

You will learn —


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By Phone416-964-1133

By Mail

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Online

leadingedgeseminars.org

1-day Workshops 2-day Workshops 3-day BrainspottingPhase 2 Certification 18-Hour Webinar 2-Day In-Person + 18-Hour Webinar EMDR

$300*

$515*

$975*

$395*

$810*

$2500*(see description

for deadline)

$325*

$545*

$1075*

$445*

$890*

$2600*(see description

for deadline)

EarlyBird Rate

*13% HST will be added at checkout.To enquire about payment by cheque, student rates or large-group rates,please email [email protected] or phone 416-964-1133.

Regular Rate(up to April 9, 2020)

Brainspotting seminar, Sue Johnson'sseminar, EMDR Toronto seminar, andElder Little Brown Bear's Saturdayprogram:

Frank Anderson's seminar:

Janina Fisher and Terry Real's seminar:

All other Toronto workshops:

EMDR Halifax

EMDR Vancouver

WORKSHOP LOCATIONS

Please note workshop locations in thisbrochure. Details and parking information areon our website.

Toronto Central YMCA 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto

Chestnut Conference Centre89 Chestnut Street, Toronto

Isabel Bader Theatre93 Charles St West

Knox Church630 Spadina Avenue, Toronto

Hampton Inn by Hilton - Halifax

Sandman Hotel Vancouver City Centre

Brainspotting Phase 2: 9:00 am – 6:00 pmEMDR: 8:00 am – 5:30 pmClinical Supervision webinar: 1:00pm to4:00 pm EDT on May 29, June 12, June 19,June 26, July 10 and July 24, 2020Aboriginal Healing Feasting Ceremony:10:00 am – 1:00 pm

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

Most workshops are pre-approved by variousprofessional organizations. Please seeleadingedgeseminars.org for details. CANCELLATION POLICY

Please visit leadingedgeseminars.org forcomplete details. ACCOMMODATIONS

Please visit leadingedgeseminars.org forspecial offers. WORKSHOP HOURS

Most workshops begin at 9:00 am (sharp) andend at 4:40 pm. Exceptions:

(After April 9, 2020)

Are your clients struggling with trauma,anxiety, depression or relationship issues?

Internal Family Systems, EMDR,

Brainspotting, Compassion-FocusedTherapy, EFT for Individuals, Aboriginal

Healing and Psychopharmacology are justsome of the workshops offered this Spring.

Wanting to update yourself on the legalaspects of mental health care, the latesttools used to monitor client progress orbeing the best supervisor you can be?

Leading Edge Seminars has your

professional development covered.

Come and learn from the best!

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